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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Feeding lupin grain for six days prior to a cloprostenol-induced luteolysis can increase ovulation rate in sheep irrespective of when in the oestrous cycle supplementation commences

MB Nottle, RF Seamark and BP Setchell

Reproduction, Fertility and Development 2(2) 189 - 192
Published: 1990

Abstract

Three groups of 40 parous Merino ewes were supplemented with 500 g of lupin grain/ewe/day for 7 days starting on either Day 3, 7 or 11 of the oestrous cycle and induced to ovulate by injecting cloprostenol on the sixth day of feeding. Supplementation with lupin grain significantly increased ovulation rate in all groups compared with corresponding controls by increasing the proportion of ewes with twin ovulations. Increases in ovulation rate did not depend on the stage of the cycle at which supplementation began or when during the luteal phase luteolysis was induced. It is concluded that the ovulatory response to lupin grain is initiated near the time of luteolysis.

https://doi.org/10.1071/RD9900189

© CSIRO 1990

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